Kimberly (South Africa) : Opener Smriti Mandhana’s superb fifty and the pace duo of Jhulan Goswami and Shikha Pandey combining for seven wickets, guided the Indian women’s team to a 88-run win over South Africa in the first of the three-match ODI rubber here on Monday. The win meant India picked up two points towards […]
Mumbai : India U-19 World Cup winning captain Prithvi Shaw on Monday lauded his team’s efforts during the tournament in executing their plans perfectly. “We have brought the World Cup back and everybody, including the support staff, has worked hard for last more than one year. The way we planned it, it was well executed […]
Mumbai: Just-crowned U-19 ICC World Cup winners, the Indian team was welcomed in a grand manner at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport here on Monday. Senior officials of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) received the victorious team led by captain Prithvi Shaw at the airport. Coached by batting great Rahul Dravid, the team landed at […]
Sydney : Former Australia left-arm quick Doug Bollinger on Monday announced his retirement from all forms of cricket with immediate effect. Bollinger, 36, made his Test debut for Australia in 2009 against South Africa and went on to play 12 Tests, picking up 50 wickets at an average of 25.92, with best figures of 5 […]
Capetown: In another blow to the already-depleted South African side, wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock was on Monday ruled out of the remainder of the six-match One-Day International series against India due to a left wrist injury. The southpaw, who had sustained the injury during the nine-wicket loss in the Centurion ODI on Sunday, will need […]
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday sought the BCCI’s response on a plea by former cricketer S. Sreesanth challenging a life time ban on him by the apex cricketing body in the wake of an alleged spot fixing scandal. Issuing the notice, a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and […]
New Delhi: Star Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu lost in the women’s singles final of the $350,000 India Open BWF World Tour Super 500 here on Sunday. The defending champion lost 18-21, 21-11, 20-22 in an hour and nine minutes to fifth seeded Beiwen Zhang from the US. IANS
Centurion: India skipper Virat Kohli heaped praise on his spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav after the duo helped the visitors bowl out South Africa for a low total on Sunday. Both Chahal (5/22) and Yadav (3/20) returned their career best One-Day International figures to help bundle out the hosts for a mere 118 runs. […]
Centurion: India produced a dominant performance to thrash South Africa by nine wickets in the second One-Day International (ODI) at the SuperSport Park here on Sunday. Opting to field first, the Indians rode on career best figures from wrist spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav to bundle out South Africa for a mere 118 runs. […]
Centurion : Spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav shared eight wickets as India dismissed South Africa for a mere 118 runs in the second One-Day International (ODI) at the Super Sport Park here on Sunday. Chahal returned figures of 5/22 while Yadav notched up 3/20 to justify India skipper Virat Kohli’s decision to field first […]
